The Pictures of Mike Rotch (now with added development)

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Shaun
In just this shot or the lens in general?
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Just this shot; because I had to crop it it lost some of it's natural vignette as well as softness on the other side of the image. Oh well.

@Cano, it feels like there should be a burn.gif image after your comment :lol:.
 
Big fan of the new direction. The street stuff is properly strong. 👍

The highlights come off as quite strong recently though, is this intentional?
 
Mike Rotch
Just this shot; because I had to crop it it lost some of it's natural vignette as well as softness on the other side of the image. Oh well.

@Cano, it feels like there should be a burn.gif image after your comment :lol:.
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Lol no, I never meant it in a bad way. It's just that, there's much more left to interpretation in two persons walking oin the rain than in some guys trying to catch a Hummer limo.
 
Boffin
Big fan of the new direction. The street stuff is properly strong. 👍

The highlights come off as quite strong recently though, is this intentional?
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Cheers mate, I'm working hard to try and avoid cliche's on the street - it's killing my hit rate, but it's a nice challenge.

As for the highlights, I've been looking at a lot of high contrast B&W stuff online lately which I quite fancy. I have probably pushed my presets further then normal by a touch as a result; so I probably am still looking for the sweet spot.
 
Mike Rotch
Cheers mate, I'm working hard to try and avoid cliche's on the street - it's killing my hit rate, but it's a nice challenge.

As for the highlights, I've been looking at a lot of high contrast B&W stuff online lately which I quite fancy. I have probably pushed my presets further then normal by a touch as a result; so I probably am still looking for the sweet spot.
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Yeah a lot of darkroom stuff I have done in my studies has the same effect with the right filter and exposure, so it is certainly not unrealistic, but I just noticed there was a shift from a few more midtones a few months ago. 👍
 

Industar-69 28mm​
 
An N. Dakota shirt in Australia? 👍
 
TB
An N. Dakota shirt in Australia? 👍
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Well they are both desolate wastelands, right? :p

Echoing others, some strong stuff going on here. Making me want to get out on the street and maybe start my portraits of strangers project back up.
 
@Azuremen Thanks for the positive feedback 👍

@TB - I was almost going to title it N. Dakota :P.
 
Nicely done, indeed. 👍
 

Fujian 35mm f1.7​
 
Interesting high perspective... Are you that taller than him?

Anyway, you do make that CCTV lens shine. Well done! 👍
 
35mm
Interesting high perspective... Are you that taller than him?

Anyway, you do make that CCTV lens shine. Well done! 👍
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Is that high, everything looks like that to me :lol:

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated :cheers:
 
Mike Rotch

Fujian 35mm f1.7​
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Shots like this... I love. If I can be constructive (and this is only my opinion and probably wrong), shots like this;

Mike Rotch

Industar-69 28mm​
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...don't take my eye anywhere and don't do anything for me. The small brick-surrounded window beyond the chap is actually the point that my eye keeps resting on and it just doesn't, I dunno, work for me. That's only for me, ignore me at your leisure ;)

Still love a lot of them! :D
 
Enjoying a splash of colour to mix it up a bit. 👍
 
^ ;)


Fujian 35mm f1.7​
 
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